Abu Dhabi 2012 - Starting grid - Vettel is pushed down the grid from third to very last

Published 4 November 2012 by Christine

Sebastian Vettel was excluded from qualifying after drawing to a halt once the session had ended. Red Bull explained to the stewards why they hadn't been able to get the car back to the pitlane, but it was then discovered there wasn't enough fuel in the car for a sample. He was given permission to start from the rear of the grid.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:40.630	15
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:40.978	17
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:41.226	22
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:41.260	20
5	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:41.290	20
6	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:41.582	17
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:41.603	17
8	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:41.723	17
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:41.778	24
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:42.019	16
11	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:42.084	17
12	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:42.218	16
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:42.289	14
14	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:42.330	18
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:42.606	17
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:42.765	14
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:44.058	9
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:44.956	11
19	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:45.089	10
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:45.151	11
21	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:45.426	9
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:45.766	8
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:46.382	9
24	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:41.073	16

24 places. Sebastian Vettel - Excluded from qualifying due to insufficient fuel sample.